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How is coaching different from consulting or therapy or even a best friend?

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How is coaching different from consulting or therapy or even a best friend?

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Coaching is comparable to consulting except that the coach stay focused on the clients agenda, not his/her own, and stays with the client as long as the client sees the value-add he/she is receiving in implementing the new skills, changes and goals. Coaching is NOT therapy. Coaches don t focus on understanding past behavior or emotional stress of the client. If therapy is what client needs, we will ask that they deal with those issues with trained therapists before beginning the coaching relationship. Once those issues are addressed , coaching will help create quantum leaps in performance. The coaching partnership is future-bound without the restraints of history. Best friend. A best friend is wonderful to have. Your coach will challenge you in areas of expertise your best friend may not have, and may challenge you in ways your friends won t. Give yourself a gift a best friend AND coach.